Sometimes in this business you stumble across images that you’re immediately drawn to and then can’t find out who was responsible for creating them. So it was with Rasmus Ohlson, whose marbled book project has sat on my desktop for months in a folder of anonymous images that I’ve been meaning to research. Then two weeks ago, miracle of miracles, I stumble across his website and months of anguish are brought to an end.

Rasmus is a graphic design student in his third year of study at Beckmans College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden, and the man responsible for the aforementioned books. He’s weeks away from graduation, so busy slaving away on final projects, but he managed to take a few minutes out of his rigorous schedule to answer a couple of questions and talk us through his daily routine.

Over to you, Rasmus….

Rasmus Ohlson: The Histories

Rasmus Ohlson: The Histories

Where do you work?

Right now I study BA in visual communication at Beckmans College of Design. But I’m currently looking into the possibility of working or collaborating abroad after graduation this spring.

How does your working day start?

It usually starts with coffee and some internet surfing, trying to find something new and exciting that will inspire me during the day.

How do you work and how has that changed?

I like working in a playful and naive way. I have always been interested in art and illustration. Nowadays I´m more into graphic design and try to incorporate my style into this new form of expression.

Where would we find you when you’re not at work?

Sometimes I escape Stockholm and return to my hometown, Gothenburg, to hang out with friends.
Maybe you’ll find me in a gallery somewhere, enjoying art and life.

This week we realised that it’s been forever since we featured an artist who makes nipples and bacon out of latex, silcone and oil paint, and decided that it’s high time we rectify such a gross oversight.

Pol Solsona is a freelance graphic designer, illustrator and photographer who was born in Barcelona but who now works in Helsinki, Finland. His eclectic work varies from art direction, identities and print and web design to illustration and photography, and anything else he finds himself doing in between. We chatted to Pol to find out why he loves working in his neighbourhood in Helsinki, what he does for fun and why he appreciates the accidents that can come with working in a creative industry. Read on!h3. Where do you work?

Meet Niek Pulles, founder of Eindhoven (but soon to be Amsterdam)-based studio Heyniek, who specialise in visual design. Don’t be fooled by the term visual design, though – it’s a deliberately all-encompassing label. Niek makes work that draws the viewer in and interacts with its surroundings, whether that be an installation about the romance of running for Nike, a series of wearable foam outfits for the Clash Project or a collection of strange clay masks for Dutch Invertuals in Dutch Design Week. To celebrate the New Year, he teamed up with We Make Carpets to film create a carpet made purely out of fireworks which were then set fire to, creating a veritable display of explosions.

Jack Sachs studied Illustration at Camberwell, graduating last summer full of youthful energy and with more than one string to his bow; his work ranges from the drawn and painted to digital animation, making him an excellent example of the versatility that can burst forth from the loins of a creative degree. He makes images about footballers, wizards, crisps and funny-looking people, with a stylistic tendency to lean towards the weird and grotesque – so he fits right in on It’s Nice That. We interviewed Jack about his working day, and you can have a read below!h3. Where do you work?

Secret hidden faces in illustrations are one of absolute favourite things, and at the risk of giving all the joy away entirely (sorry) I am going to let on that Alex Tait is a fan of them, too. Woop! He’s also into weird sea creatures, jungles and, er, melons; a fruity and strange combination which dictates that he’ll fit in just fine with us.

Winter can be gloomy, so just in case you were after a tequila slammer of happiness to dilute your grey afternoon we’ve got George McCallum in for this week’s Introducing. And he loves a colour, does George. Making work which revolves primarily around puns and wordplay – from a chair made out of Chairman Mao to a chest of drawers which lets you keep your socks in a muscle man’s six-pack – he’s guaranteed to pull half-smirk, if not a full belly-laugh, from your November face. Here he is in his own words…h3. Where do you work?